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2. PhilonoTIS GRACILLIMA Aongstr., Oefv. Kgl. Vet.-Akaa 
Foerh. 33 : 17. (1876). 
Tufts small, stems slender ; leaves erecto-patent, oblong lanceolate, 
nearly plane, obtusely serrulate, obtuse, with lax, hyaline areolatiori ; 
costa ceasing below the apex. {Aongstr. 1. c.) 
Range : Southwest Texas : Jamaica and the lesser Antilles to 
Bolivia and Brazil. 
3. PHILONOTIS SPHAEROCARPA (Swartz) Brid., Brj/ot. Univ. 
2:25. (1827). 
Mnium sphaericarpum Swartz, Prodr. 139. (1788); Hedw., Muse. 
Frond. 3 : 93.t.38, A. (1792). 
Bryum sphaericarpum Swartz, FI. Ind. occ. 3 : 1835. (1806). 
Stems erect, tomentose ; fasiculately branched ; leaves imbricate, 
patent, lanceolate-acuminate, cuspidate, denticulate, with lax, quadrate 
areolation, papillose on the back; capsule long-pedicelled, globose. — 
{Muell., Syn. Muse. 1 : 481.) 
Range: — South Florida: West Indies and Central America to 
Brazil and Peru. 
4. *Philonotis TENELLA (Muell.) Jaeg. Adumb. 1 : 541. 
(1873-4). 
Ph. Muehlenbergii var. tenella Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2 : 23. (1827). 
Lesq. & James, Manual. 208. (1884.) 
Bartramia tenella C. Muell., Syn. Muse. 1 : 481. (1849.) 
Bartramia glaucescens Hornsch., FI. Brasil. 1 : 40. (1840). 
Philonotis glaucescens (Hsch.) Paris, Ind. Bryol. Ed. 1. 923. 
(1885). (*) 
Very small, tomentose, with recurved branches near the apex of 
the stems ; leaves densely arranged, lanceolate, subsecund, acutish, 
obscurely denticulate, remotely papillose on the back ; areolation 
minuce and lax ; capsule long-pedicelled, more oblong than in Ph. 
sphaerocarpa. — {C. Muell., 1. c.) 
Range : — Southern Louisiana ; throughout the Antilles and Central 
America to Brazil and Chile. 
var. TERRESTRIS Dismier. 
In dense turfs, stems very short (3-5 mm.) 
Range: — South Florida, Porto Rico, Guadeloupe, Brazil, Paraguay. 
5. Philonotis MARCHICA (Willd.) Brid., Bryol. Univ. 2 : 23. 
(1827). 
Bartramia marchica Brid., Mant. Muse. 116. (1819). 
Bry. Fur. Monog. 17, t.8. (1842). 
B. Muehlenbergii Sch^Siegr, Supp. I. 2 . 58. t.61. (1816). 
Philonotis Muehlenbergii (Schwaegr.) Brid, 1. c: 22. 
Lesq. & James, Manual, 208. (1884). 
A species that is often confused with others of the genus, yet 
readily separated by the following characters: — Leaves shaped like 
*For more extended synonomy, see the original article. 
